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[applause] please welcome lieutenant- general dana chipman. >> thank you for allowing me to come down here to escape the sequester environment in washington d.c. i will not speak any longer than 30 minutes because i would like a chance for you all to ask questions. you can ask me a question about anything. please feel free to ask whatever you like. i would like to tell you first tell i came here. in 1970. i came here as a 12-year-old and lived right across the street from furman university on chapel road. i was a seventh grader at duncan chapel elementary school. coming from orange county, california, into a recently desegregating environment here. a different time of year i went to duncan chapel and we had first through fifth grade and the seventh grade, because the sixth graders were bused bussed elsewhere. i saw firsthand from a kid from orange county, california, i saw a little bit of the different environment as greenville was going to the challenges of racial desegregation. that was my first foray into issues. issues in the discrimination world. i saw that institution struggle t
[applause] please welcome lieutenant- general dana chipman. >> thank you for allowing me to come down here to escape the sequester environment in washington d.c. i will not speak any longer than 30 minutes because i would like a chance for you all to ask questions. you can ask me a question about anything. please feel free to ask whatever you like. i would like to tell you first tell i came here. in 1970. i came here as a 12-year-old and lived right across the street from furman...
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general dana chipman. he has had a distinguished career in the service of the .nited states and is a lawyer after finishing his commission in the infantry at west point, he went to one of the nation's great law schools, stanford university law school, and received his g.d.. he then went on to receive other academic degrees, including a master plot in military science from the judge advocate general's school. then a master of strategic studies degree from the united states army war college. he has had an extraordinary career within the judge advocate general's corps, deployed in a variety of operational and staff positions, some of them among the most important in our recent history as a country. these include his deployment to the first special forces operational detachment, the delta airborne, the joint special operations command, united states special operations command, and the united states central command. was deployed as a legal adviser to the joint operations task force for operation in doreen freed
general dana chipman. he has had a distinguished career in the service of the .nited states and is a lawyer after finishing his commission in the infantry at west point, he went to one of the nation's great law schools, stanford university law school, and received his g.d.. he then went on to receive other academic degrees, including a master plot in military science from the judge advocate general's school. then a master of strategic studies degree from the united states army war college. he...
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dana rohrabacher of california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. don't know where to begin here. how much are we spending annually in afghanistan now? how much is it costing the american taxpayer? anybody know? >> each of us have somewhat different budgets. >> nobody knows the total budget what we are spending in afghanistan? it's a hearing on afghanistan. can i have an estimate? >> i'm sorry, congressman. >> i'll just have to say it's disheartening to have a briefing from our government people who are involved in a project and they can't tell me what -- how much we are spending annually. how many killed and wounded have we suffered in the last 12 months? mr. dumont, would you know that? >> sir, do i not. i'll have to get back to you. >> we don't know what the cost is and we don't even know how many killed and wounded there are and we are supposed to believe that you fellows have a plan that's going to end up in a positive way in afghanistan? holy cow. >> we do know that the number of afghan soldiers and police killed is 30 times -- >> i have to tell you something. i'm only inter
dana rohrabacher of california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. don't know where to begin here. how much are we spending annually in afghanistan now? how much is it costing the american taxpayer? anybody know? >> each of us have somewhat different budgets. >> nobody knows the total budget what we are spending in afghanistan? it's a hearing on afghanistan. can i have an estimate? >> i'm sorry, congressman. >> i'll just have to say it's disheartening to have a briefing...
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. -- lieutenant-general dana k. chipman spoke last week at furman university. he spoke about same-sex marriage, combat, and set patrol salt. -- and assault. this is under an hour. >> one of the hallmarks of the american democratic experiment and one of the hallmarks of our constitutional tradition is that, for centuries, as a republic, we have debated in our public policy and in our law fundamental questions that go to the core of our values and our american identity. we debate the meaning of freedom of religion and the establishment of religion. we debate the meaning of freedom of speech. we debate what equality means and how it translates to equality on issues of race, gender, and sexuality. we debate the role of different branches of government, the role of the president as the commander in chief, and as the head of the executive branch. and the roles of congress and .he roles of the courts as much as they are contentious and changing in the general rinas of american life, they must in turn be translated and interpreted and applied to our armed forces. while
. -- lieutenant-general dana k. chipman spoke last week at furman university. he spoke about same-sex marriage, combat, and set patrol salt. -- and assault. this is under an hour. >> one of the hallmarks of the american democratic experiment and one of the hallmarks of our constitutional tradition is that, for centuries, as a republic, we have debated in our public policy and in our law fundamental questions that go to the core of our values and our american identity. we debate the...
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i would like to start the dana, and then we will open the question up to the public. in an interview you did, you said we tried to figure out a way to get as much information to the public without damaging national security. the question for you is how do you decide what was that was was not damaging to national security? >> thank you for being here. obviously, this is an issue close to my heart and i'm sure the other journalists appear. to probet is important iss issue of the line which the public's right and my responsibility to bring information to the public in the national security realm because it is high-stakes and it is the most important thing the government does. we should know what a are doing in our name. but, there is a line where you can cross it and actually endanger lives. or in danger operations, which is a very important but controversial question because that is more difficult to assess. , since noied to do person is ever quoted in the stories i've written about the cia because they would be fired or jailed or investigated at the very least, how doe
i would like to start the dana, and then we will open the question up to the public. in an interview you did, you said we tried to figure out a way to get as much information to the public without damaging national security. the question for you is how do you decide what was that was was not damaging to national security? >> thank you for being here. obviously, this is an issue close to my heart and i'm sure the other journalists appear. to probet is important iss issue of the line which...
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so dana along with her sister deborah expect the term to catch on around the country. where are they? let's see them. how are you? they have had a lot of fun with their project but there is a it because they said they always express their gratitude to america. no matter who you are, you can always celebrate your faith. that same spirit is reflected in menorah that we are about to my. it was designed by a man who was germany in 1922. lived through the horrors of kristallnacht and later lost a brother to the holocaust. escaped and like the people of the hanukkah story, he fought against tyranny serving in the australian army during world war ii. after the war was over, he sought a place where he could life and practice his religion free from fear. for him and millions like him, that place was america. he passed away last year but designeds life, he this special menorah with a liberty the statue of at the base of each candle. i don't know if you noticed that. in a few moments, all nine lady shining, aill be reminder that our country's -- wherever you come from whenever yo
so dana along with her sister deborah expect the term to catch on around the country. where are they? let's see them. how are you? they have had a lot of fun with their project but there is a it because they said they always express their gratitude to america. no matter who you are, you can always celebrate your faith. that same spirit is reflected in menorah that we are about to my. it was designed by a man who was germany in 1922. lived through the horrors of kristallnacht and later lost a...
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. >> the inaugural parade will take place on president dana avenue after president obama is sworn -- will take place on pennsylvania avenue after president obama is sworn in. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> go left, left, left, right, left. go left, left, left. ♪ >> you can watch the public inaugural swearing-in of residents open, on the c-span network -- a president obama on the c-span network. we'll take your phone calls, e- mails, and tweets . mails, and tweets .
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dana priest is the author. joe from bethesda, maryland. according to the note on my screen, it says you both support and oppose. no, opposite. i do not think there should be an issue. how do you address demand? there is a real demand in the united states. the second point is that you would to stop human ingenuity because if somebody wants something within this country, they're going to find a way to get it. even if you build a fence, people build tunnels. so you'd have to go underground to forget -- to prevent entry into the u.s. and you have to prevent poverty in the u.s. so people would say, i do not want your $50,000. my final point is about drugs in general because i'll call is a drug, and it is killed -- alcohol is a drug candidates killed more people. so how do we address that. thank you for taking my call. host: thank you for taking my call -- thank you for calling in. justine. caller: i want to make two points. first, i am opposed to the war on drugs because it is turned into a class warfare and race warfare. and you look at drug u
dana priest is the author. joe from bethesda, maryland. according to the note on my screen, it says you both support and oppose. no, opposite. i do not think there should be an issue. how do you address demand? there is a real demand in the united states. the second point is that you would to stop human ingenuity because if somebody wants something within this country, they're going to find a way to get it. even if you build a fence, people build tunnels. so you'd have to go underground to...
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another example is dana. she is 40, so she is one of these younger folks who has a disability but receives ssi benefits. she is only 3/4 of the federal poverty level, even with the fall ssi -- full ssi benefits. she has less than $2,000 in savings because she asked you if you want to be eligible for ssi -- has to if you want to be eligible for ssi benefits. we are pushing her even further into poverty and that is clear looking at these numbers. that is all i have got. [applause] >> well, good morning. i'm tom tarantino, the chief policy officer for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. i wanted to start out by thanking my fellow panelists for explaining this issue, for breaking it down for all of us, because frankly, this is really complicated stuff. forgive my lack of powerpoint. i am a soldier, not a lawyer or analyst for anything, and i'm used to doing my presentations with chalk on the side of a tank at barely half that neither, despite my request, so you will have -- i apparently have neither, despit
another example is dana. she is 40, so she is one of these younger folks who has a disability but receives ssi benefits. she is only 3/4 of the federal poverty level, even with the fall ssi -- full ssi benefits. she has less than $2,000 in savings because she asked you if you want to be eligible for ssi -- has to if you want to be eligible for ssi benefits. we are pushing her even further into poverty and that is clear looking at these numbers. that is all i have got. [applause] >> well,...
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. -- dana glare ice. be will do what is necessary to defend ourselves -- and do you colorize -- denuclearize. we will do what is necessary to defend ourselves. and our allies. continue -- there will continue to be costs for future provocations. pyongyang has a choice. on one hand lies greater isolation and crippling economic consequences. on the other hand, -- another threat to peace is security and to u.s. interests is maritime disputes in the east and south china seas. we aim to help governments in the region to communicate better with one another so that incidents and see do not -- at sea do not unintentionally spark other complex. we encourage all parties to reject aggression and be in accordance with international law and norms and establish efule full -- peac democracies. a good step would be a code of conduct or the south china sea. how the nations and institutions of the asia-pacific manage these disputes will be a harbinger of their ability to shape their share of security future. indeed, many of
. -- dana glare ice. be will do what is necessary to defend ourselves -- and do you colorize -- denuclearize. we will do what is necessary to defend ourselves. and our allies. continue -- there will continue to be costs for future provocations. pyongyang has a choice. on one hand lies greater isolation and crippling economic consequences. on the other hand, -- another threat to peace is security and to u.s. interests is maritime disputes in the east and south china seas. we aim to help...
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dana rohrabacher of california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. don't know where to begin here. how much are we spending annually in afghanistan now? how much is it costing the american taxpayer? anybody know? >> each of us have somewhat different budgets. >> nobody knows the total budget what we are spending in afghanistan? it's a hearing on afghanistan. can i have an estimate? >> i'm sorry, congressman. >> i'll just have to say it's disheartening to have a briefing from our government people who are involved in a project and they can't tell me what -- how much we are spending annually. how many killed and wounded have we suffered in the last 12 months? mr. dumont, would you know that? >> sir, do i not. i'll have to get back to you. >> we don't know what the cost is and we don't even know how many killed and wounded there are and we are supposed to believe that you fellows have a plan that's going to end up in a positive way in afghanistan? holy cow. >> we do know that the number of afghan soldiers and police killed is 30 times -- >> i have to tell you something. i'm only inter
dana rohrabacher of california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. don't know where to begin here. how much are we spending annually in afghanistan now? how much is it costing the american taxpayer? anybody know? >> each of us have somewhat different budgets. >> nobody knows the total budget what we are spending in afghanistan? it's a hearing on afghanistan. can i have an estimate? >> i'm sorry, congressman. >> i'll just have to say it's disheartening to have a briefing...
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readpportunity -- if you dana's report, 10% of freshwater, 20% of freshwater, eight percent of the energy, and 25% of the land. if we, as consumers, stop wasting money, supermarkets would be laying off people. we did not get into this touation overnight. we need restructure the american economy. it is a long-term process, but it has to be done because of the resources we are burning through. what we are trying to do here is invest in new sectors. you can recapture some of that energy if you do it right. it is tough, but you can do it. you can use some food to feed animals, to replace chemical fertilizers. that is a lot of displacement of existing investments and lobbying dollars. that it requires organization. the other thing is, we have come to look at hunger as a monolithic thing. people million hungry number is a result of answering the question, in the last year, did you feel hungry, or did you worry about your next meal is coming from? that creates people on the streets with long-term comorbidities, with people who just lost their job and will not get another one. what are the behavi
readpportunity -- if you dana's report, 10% of freshwater, 20% of freshwater, eight percent of the energy, and 25% of the land. if we, as consumers, stop wasting money, supermarkets would be laying off people. we did not get into this touation overnight. we need restructure the american economy. it is a long-term process, but it has to be done because of the resources we are burning through. what we are trying to do here is invest in new sectors. you can recapture some of that energy if you do...
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host: dana from california this morning. that conversation on twitter. twitter.ollow a us on follow thewho "washington journal" every day. we appreciate that. eddie is on a phone lines from hendersonville, tennessee on the republican line. it is very much alive if you're willing to work for. i started my own business back in 2010. it took 12-15 hour days doing it, but i built it myself. no help from the government or anybody. i think if you're willing to work for it and you quit taking money from the government and after but and do what you need to do to have what you want and don't think you're going to redistribute the wealth from other people that have worked themselves to death to make what they have, you can do it. just like our forefathers did. thenot going to get into political things, it is about the american dream. it is not political. it is what you want and what you , iswilling to do to get it what it is. eddie, thanks for the call from tennessee this morning. jack is from new york this morning on our line for republicans. jack you are on the
host: dana from california this morning. that conversation on twitter. twitter.ollow a us on follow thewho "washington journal" every day. we appreciate that. eddie is on a phone lines from hendersonville, tennessee on the republican line. it is very much alive if you're willing to work for. i started my own business back in 2010. it took 12-15 hour days doing it, but i built it myself. no help from the government or anybody. i think if you're willing to work for it and you quit...
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the opportunity -- if you read dana's report, 10% of freshwater, 20% of freshwater, eight percent of the energy, and 25% of the land. if we, as consumers, stop wasting money, supermarkets would be laying off people. we did not get into this situation overnight. we need to restructure the american economy. it is a long-term process, but it has to be done because of the resources we are burning through. what we are trying to do here is invest in new sectors. you can recapture some of that energy if you do it right. it is tough, but you can do it. you can use some food to feed animals, to replace chemical fertilizers. that is a lot of displacement of existing investments and basically lobbying dollars. but it requires organization. the other thing is, we have come to look at hunger as a monolithic thing. that 50 million hungry people number is a result of answering the question, in the last year, did you feel hungry, or did you worry about your next meal is coming from? that equates people on the streets with long-term comorbidities, with people who just lost their job and will get anot
the opportunity -- if you read dana's report, 10% of freshwater, 20% of freshwater, eight percent of the energy, and 25% of the land. if we, as consumers, stop wasting money, supermarkets would be laying off people. we did not get into this situation overnight. we need to restructure the american economy. it is a long-term process, but it has to be done because of the resources we are burning through. what we are trying to do here is invest in new sectors. you can recapture some of that energy...
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host: that was congressman dana rohrabacher, republican of california. he serves as a member of the foreign affairs committee. you can see that full interview today on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern time. right now we are talking with u.s.-w rojansky, talking russia relationships. john is up next from casper, california. he is on our independent line. caller: a pleasure to talk to you this morning. i want to talk about the soviets, how they were allies during the civil war, where they blockaded the south there. i don't think they teach that in history anymore. also, when they talk about putin and what he has done -- he paid off the rothschilds, pay the central bank off. and the body politic? we have that here, by consent, which is fraud. at least they tell the people what they are going to do. ay, there are-g some place i i read before where you cannot legislate morality. you're not going to be able to govern immoral people. anti-gay is immoral. cut it any way you want. host: you brought up some of the history of the u.s.-russian relationship
host: that was congressman dana rohrabacher, republican of california. he serves as a member of the foreign affairs committee. you can see that full interview today on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern time. right now we are talking with u.s.-w rojansky, talking russia relationships. john is up next from casper, california. he is on our independent line. caller: a pleasure to talk to you this morning. i want to talk about the soviets, how they were allies during the civil war, where...
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>> well, you know the old saying, dana, cutting off your nose to spite your face. cutting off aid to pakistan ould not be a good move. certainly at this point in time. we are working with pakistan with nonproliferation. we are working with pakistan to get our supplies both in and out of afghanistan. pakistan has lost perhaps 50,000 people in the last year to terror. >> again, mr. secretary -- >> they have soldiers -- >> again, mr. secretary. they are the terrorist friends and here we are planning to give them millions of dollars and they have ended up giving some of our aid to terrorists who are killing us and the guy who tried to save us is languishing away in a dungeon. shame on us -- not you, mr. secretary -- shame on us if we ignore the doctor languishing away in a dungeon. >> we're not ignoring dr. afritti at all. elieve me, this discussion it's not as simple as holding everything accountable to one thing where they -- they assert that there were certain laws that were broken. you know the arguments. that police indicates. >> i have one issue that's vitally im
>> well, you know the old saying, dana, cutting off your nose to spite your face. cutting off aid to pakistan ould not be a good move. certainly at this point in time. we are working with pakistan with nonproliferation. we are working with pakistan to get our supplies both in and out of afghanistan. pakistan has lost perhaps 50,000 people in the last year to terror. >> again, mr. secretary -- >> they have soldiers -- >> again, mr. secretary. they are the terrorist...
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dana goldman from the schaeffer center who also cannot be with us today. from the harvard medical school on our panel. have thomas phillips and from the university of chicago be with us today. please join me in welcoming our panelists, our moderator, and our discussion. [applause] >> thank you very much, henry. americanantos at the enterprise institute and i have the honor of introducing the a little before i say something about them, i wanted te what i think is the single clearest, sharpest statement about the state of health policy i have read in a long time. is in the beginning of this report. by the way, this is the report we are talking about. the best of the both worlds, uniting universal coverage and personal choice in healthcare. health all as c approach -- health policy approach. if this is not the american way, i do not know what is. at any have an is great to alternative, a market based alternative to other plants that have been floating around. it is interesting. you used the term universal coverage. that term has been used i another prominent
dana goldman from the schaeffer center who also cannot be with us today. from the harvard medical school on our panel. have thomas phillips and from the university of chicago be with us today. please join me in welcoming our panelists, our moderator, and our discussion. [applause] >> thank you very much, henry. americanantos at the enterprise institute and i have the honor of introducing the a little before i say something about them, i wanted te what i think is the single clearest,...
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dana milbank's piece yesterday in the washington post about the president -- you've got to get more engaged. i believe the president has effectively fired the acting director of the irs. i applaud him for that. it was absolutely the right thing to do. i suspect there needs to be more firings over there given what happened. these things do anything else but get the president to reengage and his administration to reengage. they will serve a very good purpose. there is a lot that have gone wrong along the way. i think the president has not been held accountable. i think probably that is beginning to change. host: what is the last time he had a conversation with the president? guest: it was a funny one at the bill signing for the violence against women act. that is one where i work for a closely with the administration. i think it needed to past, i worked closely with it. the tribes have the authority to prosecute predators on their own lands that are non-native so we got that in the bill for them. and he was kind enough to invite me to the bill signing. and i will say this -- i disagree with t
dana milbank's piece yesterday in the washington post about the president -- you've got to get more engaged. i believe the president has effectively fired the acting director of the irs. i applaud him for that. it was absolutely the right thing to do. i suspect there needs to be more firings over there given what happened. these things do anything else but get the president to reengage and his administration to reengage. they will serve a very good purpose. there is a lot that have gone wrong...
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caller: my name is dana. proposition 8 was unconstitutional. q have the majority of the revelation voting on the rights of a minority of the population. was not done it during the civil rights movement in the 60s -- 1960s. therefore, it is unconstitutional. to maintain doma is pure discrimination against a certain class of people, and that class of people are homosexuals. i have never heard and neither do i believe for myself that homosexuality is a choice that anybody can make. doma,the caller mentioned the defense of marriage act. that is what the court will be taking up in a few hours. we will have coverage of that at 2 p.m. eastern here on c-span. when the court releases audio around 1 p.m. this afternoon, our coverage will begin at 2 p.m. you will also be able to listen on your radio, c-span.org. you can download our free radio app. this conversation continues. coming up, we will take a look at the defense of marriage act. to set up a conversation, i want to show you a debate from 1996 on the senate floor with senator trent lott, who was i
caller: my name is dana. proposition 8 was unconstitutional. q have the majority of the revelation voting on the rights of a minority of the population. was not done it during the civil rights movement in the 60s -- 1960s. therefore, it is unconstitutional. to maintain doma is pure discrimination against a certain class of people, and that class of people are homosexuals. i have never heard and neither do i believe for myself that homosexuality is a choice that anybody can make. doma,the caller...
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reporting on intelligence amidst the national security concerns with speakers including david singer, dana priest, and the former white house homeland security adviser to president george w. bush. live coverage begins monday at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. ♪ you feel about describing your science in 30 seconds? crocs i will make the attempt. imagine you had a yardstick, and you can't get into 10 equal pieces, and throw away nine. if you do this process 10 times, you get to the size of the adam. suppose you do that 35 times? what is left in the universe? we have been working on mathematics called string theory to answer that question. by people often asked who find out i am a theoretical what your husband actually does, and she says he makes up stuff for a living. that is almost right, but i prefer to say most people know what novelists do, takes words, sentences and makes characters. we use mathematics to make up our characters and tell our stories, and if we are really good at what we do our stories correspond to something that happened in nature. that little clip was my attempt
reporting on intelligence amidst the national security concerns with speakers including david singer, dana priest, and the former white house homeland security adviser to president george w. bush. live coverage begins monday at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. ♪ you feel about describing your science in 30 seconds? crocs i will make the attempt. imagine you had a yardstick, and you can't get into 10 equal pieces, and throw away nine. if you do this process 10 times, you get to the size of...
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dana milbank and theresa vargas. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i do not want to detract our attention from the current national debate on the government shutdown and debate ceiling issue, but i do want to share with my colleagues an issue that will not go away. what is it that the national football league, the 32 football club owners, and nfl commissioner roger goodell, have yet to understand why the word redskin is considered a very offensive racial and derogatory term that describes native american indians. my apologies, mr. speaker, for i have yet to master the english language, but i want to share again and again with my colleagues and some 181 million football fans all over america why our native american indian community considers the word redskin as very offensive and clearly the national football league and nfl commissioner roger goodell cannot and should not disclaim responsibility. again let's refew the visstry -- review the history. the term redskin is commonly attributed to the colonial practice of trading american indian sca
dana milbank and theresa vargas. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i do not want to detract our attention from the current national debate on the government shutdown and debate ceiling issue, but i do want to share with my colleagues an issue that will not go away. what is it that the national football league, the 32 football club owners, and nfl commissioner roger goodell, have yet to understand why the word redskin is considered a very offensive racial and derogatory term that describes...
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dana, good morning. caller: i have a problem with my brother, barack obama. i wish that he would elect some more brothers to his cabinet. his father was a brother, a negro american, and we need more diversity for people that come from the street and can recognize, as far as money problems. host: all right. victor, florida, go ahead. caller: i would like to see the new energy secretary put in the plan that was passed by t. boone pickens. that plan would put millions of people back to work in the energy industry, expanding shell of gas, getting this country out of the recession we are in. if they do that, we will get on the right track. only growth will get us out of this mess. host: coming up, we will talk to two members of congress. first, ken murphy, talking to him about mental health in this country and the state of care on the federal level. and then representative jim himes, talking to us about [indiscernible] we will be right back. ♪ [video clip] >> one of the things that all right -- always grabbed me was of import, the paragraph in the hope report fr
dana, good morning. caller: i have a problem with my brother, barack obama. i wish that he would elect some more brothers to his cabinet. his father was a brother, a negro american, and we need more diversity for people that come from the street and can recognize, as far as money problems. host: all right. victor, florida, go ahead. caller: i would like to see the new energy secretary put in the plan that was passed by t. boone pickens. that plan would put millions of people back to work in the...
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host: next up, dana on our line for democrats. caller: thank you c-span for what you do. i just want to throw in a quick question to the fellow and ask him, how does this technology work when you're looking at identical twins? guest: that is a great question. as part of this reporting i got in touch with the motor vehicle folks or the law enforcement folks in every state. and when they run these searches of their data bases they find a bunch of people who seem to have more than one drivers license and they always find identical twins and they're able to weed it out. sometimes they're able to get in touch with the person. but that's a sortable problem. i did find several instances where motor vehicle found people who had five or 10 or 15 drivers license. in some cases it turns out they also have more than one voter registration as well. host: in the article, you've got a map that breaks down where police can search drivers license photos, data bases created for other purposes are being used to identify criminal suspects victims and witnesses. those in green have facial rec
host: next up, dana on our line for democrats. caller: thank you c-span for what you do. i just want to throw in a quick question to the fellow and ask him, how does this technology work when you're looking at identical twins? guest: that is a great question. as part of this reporting i got in touch with the motor vehicle folks or the law enforcement folks in every state. and when they run these searches of their data bases they find a bunch of people who seem to have more than one drivers...
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dana milbank with the washington post. you said she is similar to our enemies, others say she is bad for america, is anybody thing that she is disloyal to her country? that she is unpatriotic, that she is an enemy of the united states, or are we just thing that you disagree with her politics? >> i can only seek for myself. my view is that what everyone thinks -- i can only speak for myself. my view is that whatever one things of her patriotism is very clearly not the view of patriotism that is shared by the vast majority of the american people, nor do i think by any sort of common definition of the term. but that is not really the point. the point is in this official capacity, if affirmed by the united states senate, will this individual be promoted what patriots believe about our country, what we stand for, what this country does in the world, or will she be working in ways that are absolutely antithetical to those views? you are not hearing anything? i'm ok. all right, good. so anyway, there may be other views on the sub
dana milbank with the washington post. you said she is similar to our enemies, others say she is bad for america, is anybody thing that she is disloyal to her country? that she is unpatriotic, that she is an enemy of the united states, or are we just thing that you disagree with her politics? >> i can only seek for myself. my view is that what everyone thinks -- i can only speak for myself. my view is that whatever one things of her patriotism is very clearly not the view of patriotism...
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dana milbank's column in the washington post -- that is this morning in the washington post. edward from miami on the independent line. good morning. what are your views on gun laws and have they changed since newtown? caller: yes, thanks for taking my call. as far as what happened in connecticut, i am sick that these children could be gunned down like this. and the pro-gun lobbyists still not changed their stance. it is disgusting. we need strict gun-control. we need the same control that we have on our cars. we need to have been registered and insured and we need to do that now. host: antonio in anaheim, democrat. caller: good morning. i feel we should take the votes to the people. the republicans are not for the big government and everything. let's take the assault weapons ban to the people and let them vote on it. if they say we don't want the government to tell us what to do. and let the nra to the same thing, let's take the vote to the people. host: how do you think they would vote? caller: the polls say that people are for gun-control and an assault weapons ban. so the
dana milbank's column in the washington post -- that is this morning in the washington post. edward from miami on the independent line. good morning. what are your views on gun laws and have they changed since newtown? caller: yes, thanks for taking my call. as far as what happened in connecticut, i am sick that these children could be gunned down like this. and the pro-gun lobbyists still not changed their stance. it is disgusting. we need strict gun-control. we need the same control that we...
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host: dana tweets -- guest: a number of states have decided that former felons should after they have been free from any incarceration that they might have been subjected to, if they go a number of years, whenever that might be in that state, with a clean record, then, yes, they should be a protect themselves the way anybody else in society does, once they have demonstrated that they're going to be an upstanding citizen. they should not have a permanent disability. host: a call from florida on our gun owners line. caller: good morning. it is great to see larry pratt on tv. i do not have a weapon, per se. i am working on getting my own. i was on active duty in the marine corps. i am retired now. i worked on weapons the whole time in my military career. i saw a lot of things go on during my career. my mom was raped on two different occasions. i had access to a weapon at that time to defend my family. things did not go as we would have liked. system says it protect the citizens. that is incorrect based on what i have lived, as victims. these gun-free zones and the other things they claim
host: dana tweets -- guest: a number of states have decided that former felons should after they have been free from any incarceration that they might have been subjected to, if they go a number of years, whenever that might be in that state, with a clean record, then, yes, they should be a protect themselves the way anybody else in society does, once they have demonstrated that they're going to be an upstanding citizen. they should not have a permanent disability. host: a call from florida on...
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here's more on the issue with california congressman dana rohrabacher. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'd like to thank you personally as well as thank chairwoman ileana ros-lehtinen for the strong leadership that both of you have provided on this issue of korea. i remember many years ago when i was first elected and became a member of this committee, there was the debate as to whether or not -- what policies we should have and the six-party talks and how much -- and whether we were going to give north korea aid or not. can someone fill me in, we see here that south korea has given north korea $10 billion in aid. over the years the united states has provided food and oil and fuel for north korea. how much have we provided north korea in that type of assistance? do we have -- anyone on the panel have a number on that? >> i can put up on the food, i think the u.s. was the greatest donor nation on humanitarian food aid for an extended period of time to north korea and on the heavy fuel oil, pursuant to the aagreed framework, with the energy development corporation, we provided
here's more on the issue with california congressman dana rohrabacher. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'd like to thank you personally as well as thank chairwoman ileana ros-lehtinen for the strong leadership that both of you have provided on this issue of korea. i remember many years ago when i was first elected and became a member of this committee, there was the debate as to whether or not -- what policies we should have and the six-party talks and how much -- and whether we...
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dana perino a year and a half. mike mccurry over two years. one of our viewers saying with this tweet -- isn't it time for a new press secretary? may be one that will give us information instead of spinning the story? right now, jay carney's public faced this white house. guest: right. jay carney has been since the beginning because he joined vice president biden's staff. we are already talking about a political appointee who is dealing with the administration for a long period of time. we are watching jay carney decide he has other opportunities. usually what happens with president to make a change with their spokespeople is when they feel that they have either run out of traction, run out of road to continue, their effectiveness have started to erode, maybe they would like to make more money -- sometimes presidents do it because they think they can turn a page and create a new environment. we saw that in the clinton administration. we saw that in the bush administration. they're been outside analyst who have suggested because jay is good on
dana perino a year and a half. mike mccurry over two years. one of our viewers saying with this tweet -- isn't it time for a new press secretary? may be one that will give us information instead of spinning the story? right now, jay carney's public faced this white house. guest: right. jay carney has been since the beginning because he joined vice president biden's staff. we are already talking about a political appointee who is dealing with the administration for a long period of time. we are...
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about three years ago dana rohrabacher asked me to go with him to meet with northern alliance leaders, and we met with them and these were leaders who put their lives on the line to fight with and for america. they're muslims, but they did not like the idea of radical islamic jihadists being in control of afghanistan. they were and are the enemy of our enemy. so with less than 500 people -- 500 americans put into afghanistan after we figured out that's where the attacks imnated because that's where the training occurred -- emanated because that's where the training occurred, that's where the terrorist camps were, less than 500 americans, special ops and intelligence, and those four months that followed should be hailed as one of the greatest days for american special ops and intelligence. the intelligence community has made plenty of mistakes. that was a great time, because without a single loss of american lives, the northern alliance, these tribal groups that this administration now refers to as war criminals because they defeated our enemies for us, they fought and defeated the tal
about three years ago dana rohrabacher asked me to go with him to meet with northern alliance leaders, and we met with them and these were leaders who put their lives on the line to fight with and for america. they're muslims, but they did not like the idea of radical islamic jihadists being in control of afghanistan. they were and are the enemy of our enemy. so with less than 500 people -- 500 americans put into afghanistan after we figured out that's where the attacks imnated because that's...
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host: this is from dana about your background -- host: are you a lobbyist? guest: no, i am not a lobbyist. we take no money, nothing, no money from energy producing companies. that is in our charter. to is truepeaking for the american economy, true for the american consumer of energy, keeping in mind that the u.s. is the world's largest consumer of energy and may want to see energy so unaffordable that the haves and have-nots -- that is not what we stand for. we stand for affordable energy for all americans from all walks of life. ost of this is from james -- -- host: this is from james -- host: joanne joins us from san diego, republican line, last call for our guest. caller: good morning. hofmeister, so involved with our national security, it is only because of the oil and they are taking advantage of the situation. you have ame that lot of knowledge about russia and what is going on domestically? people are suffering and taken all that money. do people just say no to the elements of the age? what is involved with russia today? guest: russia is a natural re
host: this is from dana about your background -- host: are you a lobbyist? guest: no, i am not a lobbyist. we take no money, nothing, no money from energy producing companies. that is in our charter. to is truepeaking for the american economy, true for the american consumer of energy, keeping in mind that the u.s. is the world's largest consumer of energy and may want to see energy so unaffordable that the haves and have-nots -- that is not what we stand for. we stand for affordable energy for...
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dana from southeast texas writes me this. i owned a business, bought a bowling center, my dream job, in 2007, was totally unprepared with the amount of regulation and fees and taxes. i employed 32 people and i went bankrupt in october of 2012 because of this. i have the drive and the desire and a great business plan for a new business. it would employ 20 to 30 people, but i'm not sure i want to dive back into all this. michael from houston said, where should i again? real estate market is flooded with, yes, new regulations. it seems that banks are prevented from foreclosing on homeowners who are basically living in the house for free for several years. susan, a small business owner in texas, says this. our small business is operated on a -- has operated on a shoestring for several years. we started way back in 1978 but i fear the end is near. we manufacture 400 products but they're all made from the same materials, but now the new product safety regulations require we certify every product to the tune of about $500 per produc
dana from southeast texas writes me this. i owned a business, bought a bowling center, my dream job, in 2007, was totally unprepared with the amount of regulation and fees and taxes. i employed 32 people and i went bankrupt in october of 2012 because of this. i have the drive and the desire and a great business plan for a new business. it would employ 20 to 30 people, but i'm not sure i want to dive back into all this. michael from houston said, where should i again? real estate market is...
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dana perino a year and a half. mike mccurry over two years. withf our viewers saying this tweet -- isn't it time for a new rest secretary? may be one that will give us information instead of spinning the story? right now, jay carney of the public face this white house. >> right. jay carney has been since the beginning because he joined vice president biden's staff. we are already talking about a political appointee who is dealing with the administration for a long period of time. we are watching jay carney decide he has other opportunities to do. usually what happens with president to make a change with their spokespeople is when they feel that they have either run roadf traction, run out of to continue, their effectiveness have started to erode, maybe they would like to make more money -- sometimes presidents do it because they think they can turn a page and create a new environment. with all that in the clinton administration. we sell that in the bush administration. they're been outside analyst who jay isggested because good on television,
dana perino a year and a half. mike mccurry over two years. withf our viewers saying this tweet -- isn't it time for a new rest secretary? may be one that will give us information instead of spinning the story? right now, jay carney of the public face this white house. >> right. jay carney has been since the beginning because he joined vice president biden's staff. we are already talking about a political appointee who is dealing with the administration for a long period of time. we are...
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that is brand new from dana bash. here are some tweets from viewers using #fiscalcliff. those are some of the treats coming in. -- tweets. #fiscalcliff. caller: i have been watching what's going on in the programs and the reason i called in the first place is the debt ceiling we are now facing with sequestration that we kick the can down the road last year because they could not come up with anything and now they're going to take that down the road again and then we are coming up to another ceiling height in a few months were the debt ceiling is going to get raised again? $6 trillion in four years that we do not have any asking us to do it again and wants us to raise taxes on the rich? what? going to amount to six weeks of the budget for the government? it's not going to do a damn thing. this president has opportunity when he was first elected to put people to work. instead of putting people to work, he turned around and he came to the rich. he gave it to the bankers, the unions, general motors. general motors. they were not supposed to go bankrupt with the money they go
that is brand new from dana bash. here are some tweets from viewers using #fiscalcliff. those are some of the treats coming in. -- tweets. #fiscalcliff. caller: i have been watching what's going on in the programs and the reason i called in the first place is the debt ceiling we are now facing with sequestration that we kick the can down the road last year because they could not come up with anything and now they're going to take that down the road again and then we are coming up to another...
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sounds like, reclaiming my time, it sounded like the gentleman is basically asking a question like dana bash. you know, well, that would have helped veterans who were sick and need help. and are seeking medical care. and need their checks to finish getting the medication and things that they need and the question that senator reid asked keeps resonating back as the democratic answer, why would we want to do that? >> the only thing -- and i've thought about this a lot -- the only thing i can possibly think of why they would not want to fund the veterans is that they want to hold the veterans hostage for something else. namely obamacare. that's the only thing i can think of. and i thank you for the time and i yield back. mr. gohmert: i thank my friend, dr. lamalfa, my friend, the combat veteran, mr. bridenstine, and, mr. speaker, we're still wondering why they would not want to help these people and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas' time has expired. does the gentleman from oklahoma have a motion? mr. bridenstine: i'd like to make a motion to adjourn. the the
sounds like, reclaiming my time, it sounded like the gentleman is basically asking a question like dana bash. you know, well, that would have helped veterans who were sick and need help. and are seeking medical care. and need their checks to finish getting the medication and things that they need and the question that senator reid asked keeps resonating back as the democratic answer, why would we want to do that? >> the only thing -- and i've thought about this a lot -- the only thing i...
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up next, "newsmakers" with california congressman, dana rohrabacher on u.s. russia relations and al qaeda's continued threat abroad. then the second annual family leadership conference with remarks by rick santorum and donald trump. after that, president obama's speaking to disabled in orlando, florida. with aq and a" washington post investigative >> our guest this week is dana rohrabacher. he has responsibilities for issues involving russia and also looks at emerging threats. after the big decisions about u.s./russian relations in the summit, we thought it important to speak to him. let me introduce our reporters, guy taylor. blake houshell is the deputy editor of politico. >> my first quonon
up next, "newsmakers" with california congressman, dana rohrabacher on u.s. russia relations and al qaeda's continued threat abroad. then the second annual family leadership conference with remarks by rick santorum and donald trump. after that, president obama's speaking to disabled in orlando, florida. with aq and a" washington post investigative >> our guest this week is dana rohrabacher. he has responsibilities for issues involving russia and also looks at emerging...
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of the philippines, wherever, iraq, won't be going back to iraq, prime minister maliki didn't like dana rohrabacher and i questioning him about repaying some of the u.s. money that we spent to give him the opportunity to be elected, especially since they now have all that oil revenue, and he also didn't like us bringing up the fact that they promised the united states when they took over, the government, that they would protect the people, the refugees from iran, and that actually the military had gone in and killed some of those people that he and the u.s. had pledged would be safe. and he didn't like that. and apparently sent word that we were not welcomed in this country anymore. we are ok with americans dying so i can get elected here in iraq, but we don't want anybody making us keep our promises here in iraq. i have seen our military in the kurdish areas of northern iraq, all around the world, i was in only for four years, and one thing that they are very concerned about that they can't talk about publicly, but especially after we had two former seals killed trying to protect the a
of the philippines, wherever, iraq, won't be going back to iraq, prime minister maliki didn't like dana rohrabacher and i questioning him about repaying some of the u.s. money that we spent to give him the opportunity to be elected, especially since they now have all that oil revenue, and he also didn't like us bringing up the fact that they promised the united states when they took over, the government, that they would protect the people, the refugees from iran, and that actually the military...
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before dana came along after my wife passed away, i know she has to deal with the kids at home to. she is help create jobs and 45 out of 46 counties. she is recruiting businesses and making south carolina the new its state -- it state and manufacturing for america. one 116th governor of the great it is south carolina -- the 116th governor of the great state of south carolina, nikki haley. [applause] >> thank you very much. first of all, i want to thank all of you who came up tonight and asked about michael. he is fighting off the sandstorms for not having one complaint. he is a soldier that loves his country and is doing a bass exactly what he wants to do. thank you very much for all the support you have given. the kids are doing great. we had a little fire and the house this morning. the first thing i did was where is my fun? i just knew he had something to do with it but he did not. it was an electrical fire in the basement. all is well. it's a great day in south carolina. [applause] i want to thank you for being here because it's a great day because you are here. everything we h
before dana came along after my wife passed away, i know she has to deal with the kids at home to. she is help create jobs and 45 out of 46 counties. she is recruiting businesses and making south carolina the new its state -- it state and manufacturing for america. one 116th governor of the great it is south carolina -- the 116th governor of the great state of south carolina, nikki haley. [applause] >> thank you very much. first of all, i want to thank all of you who came up tonight and...
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that makes the president basically almost a dictator, as some of the regional leaders have told me, dana rohrabacher, look, if , and others you would just help us with an amendment to the afghanistan we have a shot at staying alive after you pull out . the northern alliance that actually defeated the taliban completely within a few months after we started providing them aerial support, embedded special ops and intelligence, less than 500, they defeated the taliban. provided some weapons. they defeated the taliban. people have forgotten but for years in iraq people referred to afghanistan, even senator obama, that's where the real fight is, that's where it was done well, and it was done well. the taliban was defeated. it was routed by some of the most incredible and fearless am. ting led by general dust we have people in this administration now calling him and others war criminals because they fought for themselves, their own freedom to rid themselves of tyrannical, radical islamists. they are muslims. they are my muslim friends. . they defeated our enemy. they are the enemy of our enemy.
that makes the president basically almost a dictator, as some of the regional leaders have told me, dana rohrabacher, look, if , and others you would just help us with an amendment to the afghanistan we have a shot at staying alive after you pull out . the northern alliance that actually defeated the taliban completely within a few months after we started providing them aerial support, embedded special ops and intelligence, less than 500, they defeated the taliban. provided some weapons. they...
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dana rohrabacher and of course our chair that allowed me to visit -- mr. rohrabacher, we visited nato and i went with mr. wilson to africa. i say we did have discussions with the highest military commanders about benghazi and they were all unanimous in saying there was no military action they thought could have saved the day once the attacks began, which i think is what you did state to us. we keep hearing that no one is being held accountable, but i do want you to clarify one particular point which is, did the a.r.b. not -- did they conclude that no individual had breached their duty, was that a finding? >> that is correct, congresswoman. the a.r.b. said that two individuals had not carried out their responsibilities in the way they could, but they did not find a breach of duty. and what secretary kerry's decision was to validate the a.r.b.'s decision, actually go farther than the a.r.b.'s decision and relieve all four of their senior level positions. >> and i don't want -- >> we'll leave our live coverage of this hearing at this point. it continues onlin
dana rohrabacher and of course our chair that allowed me to visit -- mr. rohrabacher, we visited nato and i went with mr. wilson to africa. i say we did have discussions with the highest military commanders about benghazi and they were all unanimous in saying there was no military action they thought could have saved the day once the attacks began, which i think is what you did state to us. we keep hearing that no one is being held accountable, but i do want you to clarify one particular point...
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. >> california congressman dana is our guest this week on news makers. he is the chair of the foreign photographers subcommittee. he discussion the u.s.-palestinian peace talks, russian relations and places like yemen and afghanistan. >> some people say well if we cut the military at least we won't have the temptation to go fight as much. and if the japanese want to fight over the isles against the chinese, let them do it. we are better off santiago out, and if we have a smaller military, we will be disinclined to get involved. if you look at historically when we fight and don't, i don't see a correlation of higher defense budgets and greater likelihood of intervening. the world wars began when we were unprepared. if we fast forward to the ragan years, in many years the ragan years, people can correct me if they wish afterwards or whenever, but the ragan years are still seen as the golden years of american defense policy because we billion up the budget and didn't really use the military. support that wonderful? i am not saying it was all ronald reagan's
. >> california congressman dana is our guest this week on news makers. he is the chair of the foreign photographers subcommittee. he discussion the u.s.-palestinian peace talks, russian relations and places like yemen and afghanistan. >> some people say well if we cut the military at least we won't have the temptation to go fight as much. and if the japanese want to fight over the isles against the chinese, let them do it. we are better off santiago out, and if we have a smaller...
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dana called my office to tell me she will not be able to keep her blue cross blue shield plan because of obamacare. the new plan she's required to get will increase her premiums by $350 a month. alex from manchester told me his letter from blue cross blue shield said, quote, the a.c.a. requires you to pick a new plan because your current plan will cease to exist at the time of your renewal. alex's family will have to pay $300 more per month for the new plan. mr. speaker, the president made a promise to the p american people they'll be able to keep their plans. we now know that this is just not true. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. the mith: mr. speaker, society of professional journalists has given americans some bad news about the state of the media. their previous code of ethics specifically affirmed that, quote
dana called my office to tell me she will not be able to keep her blue cross blue shield plan because of obamacare. the new plan she's required to get will increase her premiums by $350 a month. alex from manchester told me his letter from blue cross blue shield said, quote, the a.c.a. requires you to pick a new plan because your current plan will cease to exist at the time of your renewal. alex's family will have to pay $300 more per month for the new plan. mr. speaker, the president made a...